"So not only are people being denied the sort of independent coverage they get from a newspaper, but in its place they're getting council propaganda."
"If you're given the chance to respond, then you don't take it, that's your problem, not the editor's problem. That's an obstructive relationship with the local paper."
"To accuse our local media of being the reason knuckle-dragging troglodytes decide to abuse people on the internet is absolutely mind-boggling, because people act like clowns on the internet all the time,"Cr Finnigan said.